Republic Services of Benicia, CA
Republic Services is dedicated to handling your recycling and waste needs in a way that is easy, effortless, and environmentally responsible. We work to ensure safe and dependable solutions, and we are a community and business partner you can rely on.
Benicia, CA customer service
Phone 707-747-0608
Monday – Friday, 7:00 am – 6:00 pm
Office Address
441 North Buchanan Circle
Pacheco, CA 94553
Office hours (Pacheco)
Monday – Friday, 8:00 am – 5:00 pm
Holiday schedule
We observe the following holidays:
New Year's Day
Christmas Day
Christmas and New Year's Day fall on Wednesdays in 2024. Customers who are serviced on Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday will experience a service schedule and pickup day delay of one day.
The business office is closed on the following holidays: Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Day, and New Year’s Day.
Household Hazardous Waste (HHW)
Benicia residents can recycle their household hazardous waste curbside by appointment only. Dispose of oil-based paint, cleaning products, pool chemicals, car batteries, gasoline, and more by scheduling an appointment on Calendly.
Free Compost Giveaway
Saturday, August 2, 2025 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Alvarez Ninth Street Park, Benicia
Appointments required. Please bring driver’s license with Benicia address; event is for Benicia residents only.
(Link to signup page will be available after July 7, 2025.)
Benicia Mandatory Organics for Townhomes
If you received this card, your Green Cart is coming soon! Republic Services will deliver your new small 32-gallon green cart and kitchen food scrap pail to your home in early December 2024.
Service guides
Organics recycling and SB 1383
What is SB 1383?
Learn what it means, who is affected and when the program begins for residents and businesses.
Organics / food waste recycling
Why it matters, who it helps, and how to do it (SB 1383)
Edible food generator guide
Learn how to reduce unnecessary food waste and help address food insecurity.
New California Law Requires Donation of Edible Food
CA State Law SB 1383 and requires certain Commercial Edible Food Generators to donate edible food to feed people and reduce organic waste to landfill.
Compost, recycle, and garbage guides
Acceptable/unacceptable compost materials
(English/Spanish)
Acceptable/unacceptable recycling materials
(English/Spanish)
Acceptable/unacceptable landfill materials
(English/Spanish)
Business & Apartment/Condo Newsletters
Additional resources
See our FAQs for hazardous waste, bulk items, medical waste, and other questions
The customer guide contains information on recycling, yard waste, garbage, senior discount, holiday treecycling, payment options, HHW, and more.
The collection policy contains information on the billing cycle for residential and commercial customers, collection policies, payment options, and more.
FAQs
Dumpsters
Recycling, Yard Waste, Bulk Waste, HHW, Electronics & More
Benicia residents can recycle their household hazardous waste curbside by appointment only.
- Dispose of oil-based paint, cleaning products, pool chemicals, car batteries, gasoline, and more by scheduling an appointment on
Calendly . - Special packaging will be mailed to you and an appointment set for pickup
Benicia businesses can take their hazardous waste to the Devlin Road Transfer Station for a fee. Go to
PAPER (clean and unsoiled)
- Paperback books
- Boxes, packages
- Carbonless paper
- Cardboard (must fit in cart)
- Catalogs
- Colored & construction paper
- Computer paper
- Copy paper
- Coupons
- Detergent boxes
- Egg cartons (paper only – no Styrofoam)
- Envelopes with metal clasps
- Envelopes (plastic windows ok)
- Gift Wrap (non-metallic)
- Junk mail
- Magazines
- Manila folders
- Newspapers and inserts
- Office paper
- Paper bags
- Paper packaging with remnant tape
- Paperboard boxes (cereal & shoe boxes)
- Paper towel and toilet paper tubes
- Pet food bags
- Post-its
- Shredded paper (placed in a paper bag)
- Telephone books
- Tissue paper (gift type)
METAL (empty, clean, and dry)
- Aluminum cans
- Aluminum foil (clean)
- Aluminum pie plates
- Cookie sheets
- CRV beverage cans
- Food cans (clean)
- Pet food cans
- Steel cans
- Scrap metal (pots & pans, cupcake pans, utensils / silverware, metal water bottles, and small (5 gal or smaller) metal buckets); most other larger metal items can be set out on your scheduled Reuse Day
GLASS (empty, clean, and dry)
- Rinsed; all colors; lids, caps
- Bottles
- CRV beverage containers
- Jars
PLASTIC (empty, clean, and dry)
- Containers only; empty; rinsed
- Plastics #1-7
- Rigid plastics
- Plastic bags
- Baby wipes containers
- Bleach bottles
- Buckets without handles
- CRV beverage containers (soda, water, juice)
- Detergent bottles
- Food containers (no Styrofoam)
- Household cleaning containers (empty)
- Lids and caps
- Milk jugs
- Prescription bottles (empty)Salad dressing bottles (rinsed)
- Shampoo and conditioning bottles
- Tub containers
Non-recyclables contaminate recycling loads, and need to be removed during the sorting process. Some items may also contaminate clean recyclable items (ex. pasta sauce jar with sauce still in it, can soak into clean office paper which is then no longer recyclable either).
If our drivers notice a lot of contamination in your recycle cart or bin, we may not be able to service it as recycling and may tag it to have it serviced as trash (in which case you may be charged).
Beginning October 1, 2022, service will be weekly.
Place yard waste/organics collection containers at the curb by 5:00 am and leave at least 4 feet between carts and other containers.
Acceptable
- All food
- All food-soiled uncoated paper (napkins, paper plates, pizza boxes)
- Paper bags or compostable bags that are BPI 6400 series
- Flower trimmings
- Tree trimmings (twigs/branches must be 4 ft or less in length, and less than 6 inches in diameter)
- Leaves, grass, brush, and weeds
- Untreated and unpainted wood
- Cacti
- Prunings
- Straw
Unacceptable
- Compostable utensils or cups
- Plastic bags
- Rocks and concrete
- Soil and dirt
- Large tree trunks and stumps more than 3 inches in diameter and three feet in length
- Palm fronds
- Pet waste
- Hazardous waste
- Garbage and inorganic materials including recyclables like plastics, glass, and metal.
Recycle used motor oil and oil filters curbside.
Motor Oil
- Put motor oil in clear plastic container like a milk jug.
- Tape lid tightly shut.
- Maximum 3 gallons of oil per pick up.
- Crush, open, or puncture, then drain oi filter (with puncture at lowest point) to ensure the anti-drain back valve is empty.
- More info
www.dtsc.ca.gov .
Oil Filters
Place filter in a sealable plastic bag - i.e. Ziploc bag and seal.
Drop Off Location
Take antifreeze, batteries, motor oil, oil filters, latex paint, and cell phones to our drop facility at the Benicia City Corporation Yard, 2400 E. 2nd St., open Saturdays 9:00 am to noon. No appointment needed.
State law bans CRTs (TV’s, monitors), computers, key boards, printers, fax machines, DVD players, VCR’s, radios, and other electronic waste in garbage.
Republic Services offers free curbside electronic pickups.
Some e-waste may quality for a free bulky item pickup.
For information or to schedule a pickup call 707-747-0608.
Large Item Pickup
Benicia residents may call to have any three (3) items (appliances, electronics, television, tires, mattresses) picked up annually at no charge.
If you need more than 3 pickups within a year, items after the third FREE bulky item can be collection for a fee.
Call Customer Service at 707-747-0608 for more information or to schedule a pickup.
Trash Cleanup
Residents may schedule three (3) free cleanups per year at any time.
Use a cleanup to discard up to four (4) cubic yards (approximately eighteen 32-gallon bags) of extra trash and items too large for garbage containers.
To schedule, call 707-747-0608.
Guidelines for Trash Cleanup
- Place items at the curb by 5:00 am or the night before your cleanup day.
- All items must be stacked in one place.
- Cut and tie branches, prunings, or wood so bundles are 4 feet or less in length and less than 24 inches in diameter. Tree stumps cannot be collected.
- Bag or tie items with rope, cord or string strong enough to keep bundles intact or put in containers, including metal and plastic trash cans. All containers will be taken away unless indicated otherwise with a note on the container.
- Place cleanup items in a single pile at a distance of 5 feet or more from your garbage container.
- No loose piles.
Unacceptable Materials for Trash Cleanups
- No single item may weigh more than 50 pounds or be longer than 4 feet. Bags cannot weigh more than 50 pounds.
- No large car parts (tires, transmission blocks, engines, etc.), furniture or mattresses. For large items, call 707-747-0608.
- No rocks, dirt or concrete and no tree stumps or large tree trunks.
- No hazardous waste including paint, car batteries, solvents, pesticides and cleaners. Hazardous waste must be disposed of separately.
Extra Yard Waste and Recycle Cleanups
Recycle extra yard waste, extra corrugated cardboard or both with up to four (4) free on-call recycling cleanups per year. To schedule a recycling cleanup, call 707-747-0608.
Yard Waste
- After filling yard waste container, place extra leaves and yard clipping in cardboard boxes, paper bags or containers that are 32 gallons or less in volume. Maximum 50 lbs per container. No plastic bags.
- Containers will not be taken away.
- Tree branches and prunings must be 3 inches or less in diameter and three feet or less in length. Bundle with string or cord.
- Place extra yard waste containers at the curb by 5:00 am of your pickup day or the night before.
- Keep extra material at least 4 feet away from containers.
Recycle
- Flatten cardboard and trim to 4 feet or less on each side. Bundle with cord or string. No maximum on bundle’s thickness if less than 50 lbs.
- Place bundled cardboard at the curb by 5:00 am of your pickup day or the night before.
- Keep extra material at least 4 feet away from containers.
Compact fluorescent bulbs (CFL’s) and household batteries are hazardous waste but can be recycled curbside.
Place batteries in a quart-size Ziploc bag, seal and leave next to brown recycle cart.
No rechargeables.
Do same in separate Ziploc for CFLs.
You may also drop off CFLs, fluorescent tubes, and batteries at Pedrotti Ace Hardware, 830 Southampton Road, Benicia, 707-745-6887.
Only cans with trace amounts of dry, hardened paint can be disposed of in your trash cart. It is illegal to dispose of liquid paint in your trash.
Sharps
No medical sharps are allowed in your garbage or recycling carts. Use a puncture proof container (like a detergent bottle) and tape lid to close securely. Drop off container, when full, at the Benicia Firehouse, 150 Military West, free of charge.
Old Medications
There is a drop off box for old pharmaceuticals at the Benicia Police Department, 200 East L Street. It is outside the police department (under surveillance) with access 24/7. Instructions are posted at the box. Please only controlled (doctor prescribed) items.
We have a team of Recycling Coordinators who can provide educational materials and training at no additional cost, including:
- Posters
- Stickers to label your indoor recycle and organics containers
- Staff training
- Visual waste audits
- Site visit and meetings to assess recycling opportunities, and assistance in implementing improved programs
Email the team at RecycleCoordinators@RepublicServices.com or call 707-747-0608.
Collection Guidelines & Reporting an Issue
Residents:
- Face carts toward the street with wheels against the curb or gutter the night before or by 6:00 am on your scheduled service day.
- Allow at least 2 feet between carts and 5 feet between carts and other objects
- Make sure lids are securely shut--materials should not extend beyond the container rim. If the cart is too full for the lid to close properly, or the waste is compacted, an extra fee may be charged.
- There are several ways to handle extra waste. You may schedule an On-Call Clean-up or Bulk Item Pick-Up, or if you regularly have extra waste, consider upsizing your landfill cart.
- If containers are not set out on collection day, customers have the option to wait until the next week for pickup or to request a return trip pick-up
- Return trip service is subject to an additional charge.
- Carts not placed out for collection are not eligible for credit.
- Do not place hot ashes, dirt, rock, concrete or hazardous items in your carts.
Apartments & Businesses:
Containers must be easily accessible – if containers are blocked (ex. by parked cars), we will not be able to service the container and you may need to pay an additional charge if you request a return trip pick-up.
Extra Waste
Containers filled above the rim, refilled or compacted containers, or additional waste beyond the service subscription level, are considered “extra” waste and are subject to an additional charge. Please call our customer service office at 707-747-0608 in advance to make arrangements for extra waste collection service.
California's Mandatory Commercial Recycling and Organics Waste Recycling Law
Green Building Standards Code
Does Benicia require construction and demolition recycling?
Yes. The City of Benicia requires that 65% of construction and demolition (C&D) material must be recycled. Contractors will have to verify with Green Halo that the disposal site they will be using meets the new standards.
Residential re-roof projects no longer need to comply with the C&D requirements.
Residential new construction, demolition and alterations (where the living area increases in area, volume or size) shall comply with C&D regulations.
Non-Residential additions (over 1,000SqFt in size), demolition and new construction shall comply with C&D regulations.
Non-Residential alterations (Tenant Improvements) with no increase in area, size or volume are exempt from the C&D regulations; up to $200,000.00 in project valuation.
Who must comply?
**Residential new construction, additions of 500 square feet or greater; and/or 1,000 square feet of demolition are required to recycle.
**Non-residential constructed buildings, building additions of 1,000 square feet or greater, and/or building alterations with permit valuation of $200,000 or more.
For more information, go to
Green Halo –
Services
Yes, a senior discount is available for residents of Benicia who are 60 years of age or older.
Please visit the City of Benicia Finance Department to complete an application form or call 707-746-4225
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- Minimum 2 weeks per hold.
- Maximum 4 holds per year.
